Eighty-three cases of Delta variant in the municipalities of ASL Napoli 3 Sud recorded in recent weeks, none of which, however, has so far required hospitalization. Of the 83 cases, 44 were identified in Torre del Greco (Naples), the municipality with the most inhabitants of the entire ASL: “We are working to try to identify ‘patient 1’.
The same goes for the case of the cluster found in a gym in Agerola, where about ten cases have been recorded. We are also working to trace all the close contacts made by the subjects who tested positive, ”says the health director of the ASL, Gaetano D’Onofrio.
The medical director takes stock of the surge in new positivity: “A clear distinction must be made between cases and relapse in hospital structures. In short, it is true that in recent times more infections have been recorded in relation to the so-called Delta variant but it is also true that this has not weighed on health facilities. In this case, today the only Covid hospital in Napoli 3 Sud, the hospital in Boscotrecase, has one hospitalization in intensive care, 14 in sub-intensive care and ten ordinary hospitalizations “.
D’Onofrio explains that “this demonstrates how important the vaccination campaign is, which today has reached a coverage in Italy of about a quarter of the total population.
It is no coincidence that among the new infections, most involved unvaccinated subjects and only a small part those who received only the first dose. In short, these infections also demonstrate the importance and effects of vaccines. After all, the clear proof comes from England: if it is true that in Great Britain in recent times eleven thousand new infections have been registered in one day, it is equally true that there has been no similar increase in hospitalizations, demonstrating that even with a single dose of serum the number of hospitalized people does not grow in equal measure ”. (HANDLE).
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